Gilbert

Hi all, Today I used a non-original key (that I cut at a hardware
store)to drive my car since I misplaced the original key. Well, the
key is now stuck in the "I" position and I cannot get it to the "0"
position to get it out. I tried several things that I read in the
newsgroups such as shifting hard to "P" position, etc. Nothing has
work. Is there a technique to get this key out?

Thanks

Andy M --Tampa Bay--

Gilbert wrote:
>> Hi all, Today I used a non-original key (that I cut at a hardware
>> store)to drive my car since I misplaced the original key. Well, the
>> key is now stuck in the "I" position and I cannot get it to the "0"
>> position to get it out. I tried several things that I read in the
>> newsgroups such as shifting hard to "P" position, etc. Nothing has
>> work. Is there a technique to get this key out?
>>
>> Thanks

try wd-40

happened in my datsun 160Y in kenya a few years ago... wd-40 worked super!

Brian Smith

"Gilbert" <mesfet98@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e5d9ead0.0404011841.517655e9@posting.google.c om...
> Hi all, Today I used a non-original key (that I cut at a hardware
> store)to drive my car since I misplaced the original key. Well, the
> key is now stuck in the "I" position and I cannot get it to the "0"
> position to get it out. I tried several things that I read in the
> newsgroups such as shifting hard to "P" position, etc. Nothing has
> work. Is there a technique to get this key out?

Take a pair of pliers, grasp the end of the key and turn it to the 0
position. Take the key back to the store and get your money back, then go to
a dealership and have a key cut from the correct blank.

I speak from personal experience ;^)

--
Brian
www.accesswave.ca/~orion

If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

Gilbert

I tried that and I damaged both the key and the cylinder.

I had to replace the cylinder today which cost me 180 dollars. By the
way, I called a locksmith last night and he said he could not do
anything about it.


Thanks



"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message news:<gogbc.14449$kc2.302034@nnrp1.uunet.ca>...
> "Gilbert" <mesfet98@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e5d9ead0.0404011841.517655e9@posting.google.c om...
> > Hi all, Today I used a non-original key (that I cut at a hardware
> > store)to drive my car since I misplaced the original key. Well, the
> > key is now stuck in the "I" position and I cannot get it to the "0"
> > position to get it out. I tried several things that I read in the
> > newsgroups such as shifting hard to "P" position, etc. Nothing has
> > work. Is there a technique to get this key out?
>
> Take a pair of pliers, grasp the end of the key and turn it to the 0
> position. Take the key back to the store and get your money back, then go to
> a dealership and have a key cut from the correct blank.
>
> I speak from personal experience ;^)

Gilbert

I tried that and I damaged both the key and the cylinder.

I had to replace the cylinder today which cost me 180 dollars. By the
way, I called a locksmith last night and he said he could not do
anything about it.


Thanks



"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message news:<gogbc.14449$kc2.302034@nnrp1.uunet.ca>...
> "Gilbert" <mesfet98@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e5d9ead0.0404011841.517655e9@posting.google.c om...
> > Hi all, Today I used a non-original key (that I cut at a hardware
> > store)to drive my car since I misplaced the original key. Well, the
> > key is now stuck in the "I" position and I cannot get it to the "0"
> > position to get it out. I tried several things that I read in the
> > newsgroups such as shifting hard to "P" position, etc. Nothing has
> > work. Is there a technique to get this key out?
>
> Take a pair of pliers, grasp the end of the key and turn it to the 0
> position. Take the key back to the store and get your money back, then go to
> a dealership and have a key cut from the correct blank.
>
> I speak from personal experience ;^)

Brian Smith

"Gilbert" <mesfet98@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e5d9ead0.0404021727.12e6a799@posting.google.c om...
> I tried that and I damaged both the key and the cylinder.
>
> I had to replace the cylinder today which cost me 180 dollars. By the
> way, I called a locksmith last night and he said he could not do
> anything about it.

That's strange, a locksmith is the person who told me how to perform the
operation. And, I did no damage to either the key, or the cylinder. It
doesn't require a lot of force to remove the key.

--
Brian
www.accesswave.ca/~orion

If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.

Norman Koller

The locksmith Gilbert called probably does not do automotive work. Any
good automotive locksmith would have serviced this problem.

Norm

Brian Smith wrote:
> "Gilbert" <mesfet98@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e5d9ead0.0404021727.12e6a799@posting.google.c om...
>
>>I tried that and I damaged both the key and the cylinder.
>>
>>I had to replace the cylinder today which cost me 180 dollars. By the
>>way, I called a locksmith last night and he said he could not do
>>anything about it.
>
>
> That's strange, a locksmith is the person who told me how to perform the
> operation. And, I did no damage to either the key, or the cylinder. It
> doesn't require a lot of force to remove the key.
>

Brian Smith

"Norman Koller" <normkol@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:I--dnd93jrzF_uzdRVn-hQ@comcast.com...
> The locksmith Gilbert called probably does not do automotive work. Any
> good automotive locksmith would have serviced this problem.

One would hope so ;^)

--
Brian
www.accesswave.ca/~orion

If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.